There are some old-school people I know who would say none of the above. It's not a duel unless someone's going to die at the end. "We don't write like Sportscenter speaks." Kind of has some merit, but mostly just blowing hot air. I'd go with pitchers duel, as well.

Duels didn't always result in someone dying. With the inaccuracies of pistols at the time and the fact you had just a few seconds to aim, the likelihood someone would get hit and killed was small. Not that it didn't happen, just didn't happen every time. So, you could have a duel without someone dying.

I've found the best way to figure these sorts of things out is to substitute something else in their place that makes it easier. For instance, you'd never say "women basketball" instead of "women's basketball" -- it's a plural possessive, so it's "girls' basketball" instead of "girls basketball."

Duels didn't always result in someone dying. With the inaccuracies of pistols at the time and the fact you had just a few seconds to aim, the likelihood someone would get hit and killed was small. Not that it didn't happen, just didn't happen every time. So, you could have a duel without someone dying.

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True. Andrew Jackson was in a bunch of duels, was shot at least once, and suffered periodically from the effects of that shot for the rest of his life.